Raipur: An
industrialist from Chhattisgarh capital was abducted from Kumhari in Durg
district from his car in the wee hours of Thursday.

Vivek Goel, hailing
from Ashwini Nagar in Raipur, was kidnapped by unidentified persons and an FIR
was lodged under Section 363 of the IPC at Kumhari police station while Raipur
and Durg police are investigating the case, Durg SP Mayank Shrivastava said.

Vivek had gone to
Kumhari to see a land for dealing and when he didn’t return home till late
night, his wife raised an alarm. Police said that Vivek’s wife had received a
call from kidnappers asking for ransom of Rs 10 lakh but hadn’t called since
then, after promising to call back.

Police sources said
that Vivek himself had called up Durg police control room to inform that he was
kidnapped. Vivek runs a chemical factory located in Kumhari and also deals in
land occasionally.

His car was found
abandoned in Kumhari which was seized by the police. While the police have been
refraining from divulging more details, it was told that a similar incident had
taken place at Mohan Nagar in Durg where a person from another Goel family was
kidnapped.

Though the case wasn’t
reported to police, the man returned home after personal settlements. Police
were trying to trace Vivek’s location through his mobile phone and the call
that was made to his wife on the night of kidnapping.